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Tornado Warning 18, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 24, 2003Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 5:13 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2003, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

245 
WFUS54 KLIX 242213
TORNEW
MSC109-242230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
510 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PEARL RIVER    
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE...NEAR HILLSDALE
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  A TORNADO PRODUCING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND 
  TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AND EMERGENCY 
  MANAGEMENT. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PEARL RIVER COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM CDT

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY
OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VECHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
  
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3104 8956 3086 8954 3088 8919 3109 8922

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River65 min
Apr 24, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River44 min
Apr 24, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.